Coma / HBO Documentary Films presents a film by Liz Garbus ; produced and directed by Liz Garbus ; produced by Rory Kennedy, Jed Rothstein ; executive producer for Home Box Office, Sheila Nevins ; a Moxie Firecracker production.

Coma follows four patients admitted to the JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey, one of the leading institutions in the world for the study and care of traumatic brain injuries. Two were involved in car accidents; one was assaulted, thrown from a bridge; and one fell from a balcony. All have all...

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Main Author:	Rutishauser, Thomas (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	HBO Documentary Films, Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc, Home Box Office (Firm), HBO Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Garbus, Liz (Director, Producer), Kennedy, Rory (Producer), Rothstein, Jed (Producer), Nevins, Sheila (Producer), Sim, Karen K. H. (Film editor), Gold, Daniel B. (Cinematographer), Hurwitz, Tom (Cinematographer)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English or dubbed Spanish; closed-captioned.
Published:	New York, NY : Home Box Office : Distributed by HBO Video, [2008], ©2008.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Coma. Coma > Patients > Case studies. Brain damage > Patients. Loss of consciousness. Brain Injury, Chronic > rehabilitation. Persistent Vegetative State. Case studies. Coma (Medicina) Coma (Medicina) > Pacientes. Lesiones cerebrales > Pacientes. Television programs. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary > Television series. Coma > Patients.
Genre:	Case studies. Television programs. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary Television series.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD